The Best Of The Specials

 
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The Specials
The Best Of The Specials

[ Two Tone Records / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 9 February 2024

The Best of The Specials covers music that the band recorded between 1979 and 1984. Along with the group's debut single Gangsters, the album also includes both of The Specials' UK number ones: Too Much Too Young (1980) and an extended version of Ghost Town (1981).

Also featured are several songs that cracked the UK Top 10, including A Message To You, Rudy, Rat Race, Do Nothing, a medley of Stereotype and Stereotypes (Part 2), as well as the Special AKA 1984 protest song Nelson Mandela.

The 20-track CD compilation collects all their key singles and album tracks, along with a DVD compilation of their promo video clips.

Tracks:

Disc 1 - CD:
1. Gangsters
2. Message To You Rudy
3. Nite Klub
4. Concrete Jungle
5. Too Much Too Young
6. Blank Expression
7. Doesn't Make It Alright
8. Rude Buoys Outta Jail
9. Rat Race
10. Man At C And A
11. Do Nothing
12. Stereotypes
13. International Jet Set
14. Friday Night Saturday Morning
15. Why
16. Ghost Town
17. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
18. Racist Friend
19. War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)
20. Nelson Mandela

Disc 2 - DVD:
1. Gangsters
2. Message To You Rudy
3. Too Much Too Young
4. Rat Race
5. Do Nothing
6. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
7. Ghost Town
8. Bright Lights
9. Lonely Crowd
10. Housebound
11. Alcohol
12. Racist Friend
13. War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)
14. Nelson Mandela
15. Break Down The Door
16. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend